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Actors Scoot McNairy, left, and Nessa Dougherty in a scene from Fairyland, based on Alysia Abbott's memoir of the same name Lionsgate/Willa hide caption

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Fairyland recalls a girl’s life with her poet father in pre-AIDS San Francisco

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Daniel Day-Lewis stars in Anemone, the debut directorial feature of his son Ronan Day-Lewis. Maria Lax/Focus Features hide caption

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Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine. Eric Zachanowich/A24 hide caption

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Robert Redford appeared in more than 80 movies over his career and founded the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit foundation to develop and promote independent films. He died Tuesday at the age of 89. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest play aging rock stars in the mockumentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Bleecker Street hide caption

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In the new movie, "The Roses," Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play husband and wife, Theo and Ivy, who were once very much in love, but now — two children and one transatlantic move later — are facing the possible demise of their marriage. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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In ‘The Roses,’ Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play a couple at odds

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Marc Maron unpacks some of his obsessions in the HBO comedy special, Panicked. HBO hide caption

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With 'WTF' ending, Marc Maron still wants to talk, but outside the studio

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Mariska Hargitay stars poses during the "My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay" photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Europe hide caption

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'There you are': How Mariska Hargitay sought out the truth behind her bombshell mom

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Eva Victor discusses her new film, 'Sorry, Baby'

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The new film ‘Tatami’ reveals an Iranian judoka's fight beyond the mat

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Mark Hamill attends the European Premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the Royal Albert Hall on December 12, 2017 in London, England. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images hide caption

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For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'

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Mark Hamill attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in Hollywood on Dec. 16, 2019. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption

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Mark Hamill used to downplay his 'Star Wars' past. Now he's embracing it

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Stunt performer turned director walks away mostly unscathed from fights, flipped cars

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Questlove's Sly Stone documentary confronts the 'burden of Black genius'

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Chloë Sevigny leads a wayward American TV crew in rural Argentina in Amalia Ulman's latest feature film, Magic Farm. Magic Farm hide caption

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Amalia Ulman mocks trend chasers in her new film, 'Magic Farm'

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George Clooney says the press has a duty to 'always question authority'

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Ia Sukhitashvili plays Nina, an obstetrician who performs abortions in rural Georgia, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains in Dea Kulumbegashvili's film April. Arseni Khachaturan/Courtesy Metrograph Pictures hide caption

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Georgian filmmaker embedded in a birth clinic for a year to make abortion drama

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